Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wear it. ¶Two months ago (TIME, March 21), Wilson Jackson, Negro porter and keeper of the presidential collection of raccoon, collies, bees, owl, etc., rolled his large eyes, blew on his large hands when told that two lion cubs were coming to the White House, gifts of the Mayor of Johannesburg, South Africa, brought by one C. B. Deitz, Omaha coalman. Last week the cubs (Joe & Hannah) arrived, aged ten months; size, larger than airedales. Smaller, non-carnivorous, personal gift to Mrs. Coolidge, a duikerbok* came with them...
...deck of the flagship Seattle, anchored last week in New York harbor, paced Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes, Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Fleet. He paced for 45 minutes, waiting for the Honorable James J. Walker, Mayor of New York, to welcome him to the city. Tardy, debonair, Mr. Walker arrived, pursued by a battery of camera men. Inquired Admiral Hughes: "Does Mayor Walker go anywhere without his photographers ?" Answered Mayor Walker: "Well, the boys want a picture." Then Admiral Hughes asked: "How's the town?" Mayor Walker replied: "All right, now that...
...City Hall came a more formal reception. Rising in reply to Mayor Walker's speech of welcome, Admiral Hughes clutched his sword-hilt, glanced nervously at his staff who, he said, might laugh at his attempts at public speaking. Said...
...that I can say is that we will have a navy if you, in civil life, do some acting. Then we'll get along mighty fine. Mr. Mayor, I did not expect to have to make a speech. We are here with the greatest of pleasure after two years and I hope that my officers and men all enjoy the hospitality of this city as much as I have. Your hospitality is well known. The men are from all parts of the country. They have been working very hard for the last three months and I believe they enjoyed...
...Mayor James J. Walker of New York City, as to many another metropolitan burgomaster, hotel owners have recently complained most bitterly. Chief plaintiff (for the New York Hotel Men's Association) is George Sweeney of the Hotel Commodore, who holds: Apartment hotels are alienating the appetites of potential diners at regular hotels by providing kitchenette facilities. His Honor should stop such nefarious seductions by invoking state laws which require more light, ventilation, sanitary devices and fire precautions in tenement houses (i. e. apartments where cooking facilities are provided) than in hotels (where cooking in the rooms is illegal...